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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

like a general litmus test or something

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, US State/CIA don't create these kind of protests out of thin air. They usually insert themselves into legitimate protests movements of people with real issues with their government, but who don't want to overthrow it and become US puppets.

That's what happened at the Tianemen Square protests. The mass of people were socialists students with issues they cared about, but US State backed elements worked their way into coopting it. The Belarus protests from a few years ago is a more recent example.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Another good example of the US co-opting an existing movement (albiet on a larger scale) is how the CIA trained and equipped the Mujahideen to kill the Soviets in Afghanistan.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly. They look for existing movements and conflicts that they can use as a vehicle for their own aims. And then use propaganda to make Westoids believe its good for them too

This post is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan

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